…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
TIMOTHY KELLER
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…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
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Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?
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